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Life of Demonax (44)

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A minor poet called Admetus told him he had inserted a clause in his will for the inscribing on his tomb of a monostich, which I will give:

Admetus husk earth holds, and Heaven himself.
What a beautiful epitaph, Admetus!’ said Demonax, and what a pity it is not up yet!’

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